Carmelo's defense has been ridiculously good so far

[TheSpiritualGuy]

Players are shooting 30.3% against him this season which is -14.4% off their normal shooting percentage.

The myth that he plays no defense has been put to rest. once his offense gets back on track, he'll be one of the most dominant players ON BOTH ENDS of the court.

Edit: in comparison to Lebron



He's playing better defense than Lebron so far.

[iAdoreeKnicks]

I'm guessing Melo exerting himself on the defensive end has some correlation with his offensive struggles

[god shammgod]

I'm guessing Melo exerting himself on the defensive end has some correlation with his offensive struggles

i've been saying...you can't ask him to do all the scoring and play that kind of defense. he is after all...fat.

[NBA Fan 1234]

Nice to see the stats back up what many, including myself, have noticed since preseason. He's just trying harder on defense this season - IMO, the hardest he's tried his entire career. Still needs some work on off ball, as he tends to ball watch a little bit too much, but he's been awesome defensively. No complaints from me.

[AmazingJason]

I'm guessing Melo exerting himself on the defensive end has some correlation with his offensive struggles

You can tell he's trying not to exert himself for particular stretches of the game, particularly in the first quarter. He's looking to pass and set up teammates.

[DaGawd]

Players are shooting 30.3% against him this season which is -14.4% off their normal shooting percentage.

The myth that he plays no defense has been put to rest. once his offense gets back on track, he'll be one of the most dominant players ON BOTH ENDS of the court.

Honestly surprised at these results...he's definitely giving effort but he doesn't seem dominant on the defensive end... these are very good number tho.

[AmazingJason]

I'm guessing Melo exerting himself on the defensive end has some correlation with his offensive struggles

i've been saying...you can't ask him to do all the scoring and play that kind of defense. he is after all...fat.

It's the rib pads and donut face. They do not flatter him

[god shammgod]

I'm guessing Melo exerting himself on the defensive end has some correlation with his offensive struggles

i've been saying...you can't ask him to do all the scoring and play that kind of defense. he is after all...fat.

It's the rib pads and donut face. They do not flatter him

i know. it's just a joke that amuses me.

[F N 11]

Where can I see calderons stats so I can compare it to our other guards?

[god shammgod]

Where can I see calderons stats so I can compare it to our other guards?

i'm gonna have to admit he's made a slight improvement. still not really good but better then those first 2 weeks which were amare level bad.

[TheSpiritualGuy]

Players are shooting 30.3% against him this season which is -14.4% off their normal shooting percentage.

The myth that he plays no defense has been put to rest. once his offense gets back on track, he'll be one of the most dominant players ON BOTH ENDS of the court.

Honestly surprised at these results...he's definitely giving effort but he doesn't seem dominant on the defensive end... these are very good number tho.

He's playing better D than Kawhi

[TheSpiritualGuy]

Where can I see calderons stats so I can compare it to our other guards?

Here you go, Bud.

http://stats.nba.com/player/#!/101181/tracking/defense/?p=jose-calderon



Calderon actually is playing average defense

[god shammgod]

i wonder who's the worst on the team ? derek williams ?

[NYKnicksTAPE]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSxnB27vmDg[/youtube]

[F N 11]

Calderon stats not bad but if his man don't score his man sets someone up lol

[Separatista]

[tweet]https://twitter.com/HerringWSJ/status/667921102471991296[/tweet]
Something similar was said by Melo 2 seasons ago when nobody was scoring on the team. He then scored 62 points against the Bobcats then said that "it was something needed to do and hopefully his teamates would follow his lead." Sorry can't find that source.

It's a glaring remainder that Melo doesn't lead by talking or by cheering you up when you do dumb ****. He'll do it on court. But the problem is, sometimes the teamates get caught watching and the message is washed away by cheers and hand claps.

[nykfan42]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSxnB27vmDg[/youtube]

I would have used this clip to pair with that photo. Even tho I love D Lee.


[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B10y5RSvpGw[/youtube]

[Clyde_Style]

This is good stuff. And it really is the difference between being 7-6 and 3-10, because we've competed on defense and if Melo were not engaged on D we wouldn't be good enough to win many of our games.

I don't want to sacrifice his 4th quarter stamina, so I'm still hoping his minutes average closer to 30 minutes if we can build our rotation so it delivers while Melo is sitting. He's around 35 minutes a game this season. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think he needs to play a little less to stay in one piece.

[DickGrayson]

the biggest myth in the NBA is Melo being a bad defender. He's never been bad. Just never been elite. His post defense is good, pick and roll defense inconsistent.

[KnicksGadfly]

We need this. If Melo can show himself to be a good defender, it'll make our team look extremely attractive to potential FAs. I feel like half the reason they team up is to lessen the load on each other on the offensive end.